Gilded Balloon, EdinburghAdam has lots to say – about proposals, weddings, football and houseplants – and delivers it with puppyish pleasureThere are worse qualities to bring to standup than an urge to communicate. There’s nothing exceptional about Mai…
Continue ReadingIf you felt like your life was lacking a video of a gambling cat or a list of the ways people have misspelled ‘pregnant’ online, this comedian is here to helpGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAsking someone to list the funniest things they’ve …
Continue ReadingThe standup on the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe, Zoom hecklers and why she doesn’t have heroesWho on the circuit always makes you laugh?I’ve always been impressed by Athena Kugblenu. I was there when she did her first showcase and have follow…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom jokes about men’s waning dominance to a teary anecdote, this show runs through a range of emotions on a post-breakup journeyWanna feel weird? Try star-rating someone’s tears. Not for the first time, Jayde Adams invoke…
Continue ReadingFrom bowel cancer to Parkinson’s and dementia, the Edinburgh fringe is full of jokes about serious illness. What’s in it for the comedians – and their audiences?Standup comedy must have been the furthest thing from Sarah Mills’ mind as she awaited some…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon, EdinburghIn his debut fringe show OK Zoomer, the 22-year-old comic bounces between optimism and fatalism, delivering gags with a sly twinkleGen Z’ers have every reason to feel old before their time. But should 22-year-old Finlay Christi…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon, EdinburghIn his debut fringe show OK Zoomer, the 22-year-old comic bounces between optimism and fatalism, delivering gags with a sly twinkleGen Z’ers have every reason to feel old before their time. But should 22-year-old Finlay Christi…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon, EdinburghIn his debut fringe show OK Zoomer, the 22-year-old comic bounces between optimism and fatalism, delivering gags with a sly twinkleGen Z’ers have every reason to feel old before their time. But should 22-year-old Finlay Christi…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Mischief Theatre regular delivers routines to fit the audience’s requests before heading down a darker path in an uneven show“You can’t please everyone,” Charlie Russell’s been told, to which she wants to reply: wanna …
Continue ReadingThe festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?Comedian Sam Nicoresti starts his show with an elaborate sanitising ritual. Alex MacKeith kicks off with a number about lockdown…
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